Unsolved mystery: Thai police dig into Canadian man’s death

[snoop1130]

 

Thai police are digging deep into the puzzling death of a 46 year old Canadian man discovered by a group of his friends after five days of silence. The alarm was raised in a quiet corner of Moo 8, Srisoontorn, alerting Thalang police officers to the scene at around 12.35pm, yesterday, October 28.

 

The man’s body was found peacefully in bed, with rescuers from the Kusoldharm Foundation confirming there were no signs of a struggle or break-in. Friends reportedly made desperate attempts to reach him for days, receiving no response.

 

Worried sick, they finally knocked on his door, only to stumble upon the tragic discovery, prompting them to alert the authorities without delay, reported Phuket News.

 

Enter the detectives: a forensic specialist from Vachira Phuket Hospital and experts from the Phuket Province Forensic Science team were called in to piece together the heartbreaking puzzle. Meanwhile, the Canadian Embassy has been brought into the loop to deliver the devastating news to the man’s family.

 

As the investigation forges ahead, questions about what led to his untimely demise continue to swirl.

 

By Bob Scott

Picture courtesy of Phuket Francophone

 

Source: The Thaiger

-- 2024-10-29

 

 

[steven100]

oh dear.... 46 is not old,  did he have a bad ticker?   now what I would be looking at is his bank account, mobile,  ATM card and Thai gf.   Anything happens in Thailand, as such nothing surprises me anymore. 

 

RIP CA guy. 

[0ffshore360]

22 minutes ago, steven100 said:

oh dear.... 46 is not old,  did he have a bad ticker?   now what I would be looking at is his bank account, mobile,  ATM card and Thai gf.   Anything happens in Thailand, as such nothing surprises me anymore. 

 

RIP CA guy. 

And /or maybe checking his Canadian health record and/or if he had had copious covid19 booster shots or or or before suggesting typical negative slants about peoples presence and demise while in Thailand !

@S100 are you living in abject terror in some isolated condo in BKK or similar or do you just habitually cast poisonous dispersions about people Thai in some ocd reaction from outside of Thailand ?

[steven100]

13 minutes ago, 0ffshore360 said:

And /or maybe checking his Canadian health record and/or if he had had copious covid19 booster shots or or or before suggesting typical negative slants about peoples presence and demise while in Thailand !

@S100 are you living in abject terror in some isolated condo in BKK or similar or do you just habitually cast poisonous dispersions about people Thai in some ocd reaction from outside of Thailand ?

whatever you say 

[Kerryd]

Guaranteed it had f*** all to do with covid boosters. Try getting your information from legitimate sources instead of UFO conspiracy sites.

Could be a dozen reasons for someone to die in their sleep.
But as they do for any foreigner who dies without an obvious cause of death, they will do an autopsy.

Usually if they suspect drugs (or boner-pill) overdose they mention it in the article (like if there were bottles of heart medication or insulin laying around or opened packages of (insert favourite boner-pill here).

The other photo in the Thaiger article shows a bit of the living room. A number of (cracker ? digestive bisquit ?) boxes, some opened. Bunch of crap on the table but no alcohol. 

No name given either, which seems a bit odd for Thai media.  Was a time they'd literally publish the face page of your passport with just the passport number blanked out as well as your full address, right down to house number, village, street, postal code.

A proper investigation would note if his wallet still had money in it, if any CCTV cameras recorded the last time he entered the building (and if he was alone), how long he'd been in Thailand, was he morbidly obese, etc, etc.

I remember back around what, 2010 ? In the first couple months of the year six Canadians died in Thailand. A doctor riding in a baht bus in Chiang Mai (shot - supposedly by a bullet from a "bird hunter" that missed it's target).
Another Canadian flew to Thailand to meet a woman (a teacher in Isaan) he'd been corresponding with online. They went to dinner and then to his hotel (uh huh) where he apparently took a couple extra little blue pills to make sure he'd be "up" to the task - and then croaked on top of her minutes later.
Another guy died in a motorcycle crash, riding a Harley in Pattaya. (That hit  close to home as it happened barely a week after I'd parked my Harley - in Pattaya - and went back to work in Afghanistan.)
A girl died when she slipped on wet tiles by a hotel pool, cracked her head open and fell into the pool.
The other two were big news. 2 girls who went to Phuket, partied in a bar that served "bucket drinks", went back to their hotel - and were found dead in their room the next day. (Suspected insecticide poisoning.)

(My dad died here in Nov 2010 but it didn't make the papers. He passed away in the hospital as a result of his late stage lung cancer. No autopsy required as they knew what killed him.)

Lots of ways for people to die in Thailand and NONE of them have ANYTHING to do with "covid booster shots".

[KannikaP]

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

Worried sick, they finally knocked on his door, only to stumble upon the tragic discovery, prompting them to alert the authorities without delay, reported Phuket News.

So it only took his 'friends' four days to finally knock on his door. Some friends?

[0ffshore360]

39 minutes ago, steven100 said:

whatever you say 

I do say. No apology

[0ffshore360]

There is a well documented medical mystery about  deaths that occur  during sleep.

In infants it is termed "cot  death". Very sad... but accepted as a phenonamon of early childhood !

In mature adults when it occurs it is a source of speculation.

I had a 28 year old die in such circumstance.

Healthy today...dead in bed in the next morning.

Autopsy could establish no physiological. bacterial. known viral presence that was  determined to be likely cause of  death.

No poisons, no hovering third party. He died in his parents  guest bedroom !

So  fy !

 

[spermwhale]

Lying peacefully in bed

 

 

Worried sick.

 

How does a dead person rest peacefully? Peacefully connotes being alive. 

 

and how does the writer know his friends were "worried sick?"

 

Enough with the editorializing and drama. The writer didn't interview anybody. 

 

Shabby "reporting." 

[blazes]

10 hours ago, Kerryd said:

Guaranteed it had f*** all to do with covid boosters. Try getting your information from legitimate sources instead of UFO conspiracy sites.

Could be a dozen reasons for someone to die in their sleep.
But as they do for any foreigner who dies without an obvious cause of death, they will do an autopsy.

Usually if they suspect drugs (or boner-pill) overdose they mention it in the article (like if there were bottles of heart medication or insulin laying around or opened packages of (insert favourite boner-pill here).

The other photo in the Thaiger article shows a bit of the living room. A number of (cracker ? digestive bisquit ?) boxes, some opened. Bunch of crap on the table but no alcohol. 

No name given either, which seems a bit odd for Thai media.  Was a time they'd literally publish the face page of your passport with just the passport number blanked out as well as your full address, right down to house number, village, street, postal code.

A proper investigation would note if his wallet still had money in it, if any CCTV cameras recorded the last time he entered the building (and if he was alone), how long he'd been in Thailand, was he morbidly obese, etc, etc.

I remember back around what, 2010 ? In the first couple months of the year six Canadians died in Thailand. A doctor riding in a baht bus in Chiang Mai (shot - supposedly by a bullet from a "bird hunter" that missed it's target).
Another Canadian flew to Thailand to meet a woman (a teacher in Isaan) he'd been corresponding with online. They went to dinner and then to his hotel (uh huh) where he apparently took a couple extra little blue pills to make sure he'd be "up" to the task - and then croaked on top of her minutes later.
Another guy died in a motorcycle crash, riding a Harley in Pattaya. (That hit  close to home as it happened barely a week after I'd parked my Harley - in Pattaya - and went back to work in Afghanistan.)
A girl died when she slipped on wet tiles by a hotel pool, cracked her head open and fell into the pool.
The other two were big news. 2 girls who went to Phuket, partied in a bar that served "bucket drinks", went back to their hotel - and were found dead in their room the next day. (Suspected insecticide poisoning.)

(My dad died here in Nov 2010 but it didn't make the papers. He passed away in the hospital as a result of his late stage lung cancer. No autopsy required as they knew what killed him.)

Lots of ways for people to die in Thailand and NONE of them have ANYTHING to do with "covid booster shots".

 

As a Canadian who just refused the latest booster shot, and certainly not a conspiracy theorist, I beg to differ. 

 

Apparently in my province there is a 1 in 10,000 chance of a heart problem of some sort after receiving a Covid booster shot.

 

In my city of 400,000 people, that makes 40 people who might experience a problem.  I don't fancy being one of those 40 people.

 

[Woke to Sounds of Horking]

11 hours ago, Kerryd said:

Guaranteed it had f*** all to do with covid boosters. Try getting your information from legitimate sources

Like from the CBC?  😂

 

 

[Dukeleto]

11 hours ago, Kerryd said:

Guaranteed it had f*** all to do with covid boosters. Try getting your information from legitimate sources instead of UFO conspiracy sites.

Could be a dozen reasons for someone to die in their sleep.
But as they do for any foreigner who dies without an obvious cause of death, they will do an autopsy.

Usually if they suspect drugs (or boner-pill) overdose they mention it in the article (like if there were bottles of heart medication or insulin laying around or opened packages of (insert favourite boner-pill here).

The other photo in the Thaiger article shows a bit of the living room. A number of (cracker ? digestive bisquit ?) boxes, some opened. Bunch of crap on the table but no alcohol. 

No name given either, which seems a bit odd for Thai media.  Was a time they'd literally publish the face page of your passport with just the passport number blanked out as well as your full address, right down to house number, village, street, postal code.

A proper investigation would note if his wallet still had money in it, if any CCTV cameras recorded the last time he entered the building (and if he was alone), how long he'd been in Thailand, was he morbidly obese, etc, etc.

I remember back around what, 2010 ? In the first couple months of the year six Canadians died in Thailand. A doctor riding in a baht bus in Chiang Mai (shot - supposedly by a bullet from a "bird hunter" that missed it's target).
Another Canadian flew to Thailand to meet a woman (a teacher in Isaan) he'd been corresponding with online. They went to dinner and then to his hotel (uh huh) where he apparently took a couple extra little blue pills to make sure he'd be "up" to the task - and then croaked on top of her minutes later.
Another guy died in a motorcycle crash, riding a Harley in Pattaya. (That hit  close to home as it happened barely a week after I'd parked my Harley - in Pattaya - and went back to work in Afghanistan.)
A girl died when she slipped on wet tiles by a hotel pool, cracked her head open and fell into the pool.
The other two were big news. 2 girls who went to Phuket, partied in a bar that served "bucket drinks", went back to their hotel - and were found dead in their room the next day. (Suspected insecticide poisoning.)

(My dad died here in Nov 2010 but it didn't make the papers. He passed away in the hospital as a result of his late stage lung cancer. No autopsy required as they knew what killed him.)

Lots of ways for people to die in Thailand and NONE of them have ANYTHING to do with "covid booster shots".

The difference is that it was governments who made it mandatory, in most cases, for everyone to take them. So of course nobody could possibly have died or had an adverse reaction to them.

Now repeat, facing the mirror, every morning after you wake up: "NONE of them have ANYTHING to do with "covid booster shots"!

And you are good to go.

 

[tandor]

1 hour ago, spermwhale said:

Lying peacefully in bed

 

 

Worried sick.

 

How does a dead person rest peacefully? Peacefully connotes being alive. 

 

and how does the writer know his friends were "worried sick?"

 

Enough with the editorializing and drama. The writer didn't interview anybody. 

 

Shabby "reporting." 

...and those 'swirling questions'

[Dukeleto]

52 minutes ago, Woke to Sounds of Horking said:

Like from the CBC?  😂

 

 

Christian Brothers College?  Or perhaps the Centre for Disease Control?

[Dukeleto]

12 hours ago, Kerryd said:

Guaranteed it had f*** all to do with covid boosters. Try getting your information from legitimate sources instead of UFO conspiracy sites.

Could be a dozen reasons for someone to die in their sleep.
But as they do for any foreigner who dies without an obvious cause of death, they will do an autopsy.

Usually if they suspect drugs (or boner-pill) overdose they mention it in the article (like if there were bottles of heart medication or insulin laying around or opened packages of (insert favourite boner-pill here).

The other photo in the Thaiger article shows a bit of the living room. A number of (cracker ? digestive bisquit ?) boxes, some opened. Bunch of crap on the table but no alcohol. 

No name given either, which seems a bit odd for Thai media.  Was a time they'd literally publish the face page of your passport with just the passport number blanked out as well as your full address, right down to house number, village, street, postal code.

A proper investigation would note if his wallet still had money in it, if any CCTV cameras recorded the last time he entered the building (and if he was alone), how long he'd been in Thailand, was he morbidly obese, etc, etc.

I remember back around what, 2010 ? In the first couple months of the year six Canadians died in Thailand. A doctor riding in a baht bus in Chiang Mai (shot - supposedly by a bullet from a "bird hunter" that missed it's target).
Another Canadian flew to Thailand to meet a woman (a teacher in Isaan) he'd been corresponding with online. They went to dinner and then to his hotel (uh huh) where he apparently took a couple extra little blue pills to make sure he'd be "up" to the task - and then croaked on top of her minutes later.
Another guy died in a motorcycle crash, riding a Harley in Pattaya. (That hit  close to home as it happened barely a week after I'd parked my Harley - in Pattaya - and went back to work in Afghanistan.)
A girl died when she slipped on wet tiles by a hotel pool, cracked her head open and fell into the pool.
The other two were big news. 2 girls who went to Phuket, partied in a bar that served "bucket drinks", went back to their hotel - and were found dead in their room the next day. (Suspected insecticide poisoning.)

(My dad died here in Nov 2010 but it didn't make the papers. He passed away in the hospital as a result of his late stage lung cancer. No autopsy required as they knew what killed him.)

Lots of ways for people to die in Thailand and NONE of them have ANYTHING to do with "covid booster shots".

Looking at the number of  likes currently on your post I have deduced there are at least seven members here who have read your post that are all up to date with their covid jabs.

[kuzmabruk]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

made desperate attempts to reach him for days, receiving no response.

 

Worried sick, they finally knocked on his doo

Is this land of stupid reporting or what?  Desperate attempt but didn’t knock on the door.  This is written by idiots or the cheapest AI in the world.  

[Classic Ray]

“Another Canadian flew to Thailand to meet a woman (a teacher in Isaan) he'd been corresponding with online. They went to dinner and then to his hotel (uh huh) where he apparently took a couple extra little blue pills to make sure he'd be "up" to the task - and then croaked on top of her minutes later.”

 

Reminds me of the over 200 pound one legged man in the UK who was shagging his neighbour’s wife in her Mini Countryman in the drive, had a massive heart attack and died on top of her. She was pinned underneath him all day until her husband returned from work and found them. This is a true story.

[hotchilli]

Drink, drugs or natural causes... let the autopsy begin.

[Tarteso]

12 minutes ago, Classic Ray said:

he apparently took a couple extra little blue pills to make sure

 2 pills..Crazy ! 🤔

[Freddy42OZ]

13 hours ago, KannikaP said:

So it only took his 'friends' four days to finally knock on his door. Some friends?

 

At least the guy had friends who bothered to check where he was.  I have a lot of friends here in BKK, but I reckon I would lay here rotting for a month before any of them actually started worrying about me.

 

53 minutes ago, kuzmabruk said:

Is this land of stupid reporting or what?  Desperate attempt but didn’t knock on the door.  This is written by idiots or the cheapest AI in the world.  

I have no idea where 99% of my Bangkok friends live.  We meet in restaurants, coffee shops and malls.  

If someone I know doesn't respond to messages or emails then I have no way to "knock on their door".
 

[kiwikeith]

14 hours ago, steven100 said:

oh dear.... 46 is not old,  did he have a bad ticker?   now what I would be looking at is his bank account, mobile,  ATM card and Thai gf.   Anything happens in Thailand, as such nothing surprises me anymore. 

 

RIP CA guy. 

Possible, could have been overdosed, from taking a client back to his room 

[john donson]

natural dead, no paperwork for the men in brown

[MalcolmB]

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

As the investigation forges ahead, questions about what led to his untimely demise continue to swirl.

Yep, it is going to be a long thread this one.

[RichardColeman]

Going to have to assume the aircon was on for that 5 days or the small would have had him found far quicker

[Thingamabob]

17 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

 

Thai police are digging deep into the puzzling death of a 46 year old Canadian man discovered by a group of his friends after five days of silence. The alarm was raised in a quiet corner of Moo 8, Srisoontorn, alerting Thalang police officers to the scene at around 12.35pm, yesterday, October 28.

 

The man’s body was found peacefully in bed, with rescuers from the Kusoldharm Foundation confirming there were no signs of a struggle or break-in. Friends reportedly made desperate attempts to reach him for days, receiving no response.

 

Worried sick, they finally knocked on his door, only to stumble upon the tragic discovery, prompting them to alert the authorities without delay, reported Phuket News.

 

Enter the detectives: a forensic specialist from Vachira Phuket Hospital and experts from the Phuket Province Forensic Science team were called in to piece together the heartbreaking puzzle. Meanwhile, the Canadian Embassy has been brought into the loop to deliver the devastating news to the man’s family.

 

As the investigation forges ahead, questions about what led to his untimely demise continue to swirl.

 

By Bob Scott

Picture courtesy of Phuket Francophone

 

Source: The Thaiger

-- 2024-10-29

 

 

Friends 'made desperate attempts to reach him'. Not really, it took them 4 days to knock on his door. Could be he died of heart failure or a stroke. RIP.

[Cabradelmar]

Seems like just about anyone (45 yo, unmarried /single) could go silent for 4 or 5 days and it wouldn't be alarming. Not sure this is all that suspicious 

[Marco100]

If I wouldn't get signs from a friend of mine within next day , anywhere in the world ,  I would immediately take action n check his whereabouts ! I don't know know the circumstances n all but if by chance this friends where traveling togheter why only look up for him after 4-5 days ? 

[Roo Island]

8 hours ago, blazes said:

 

As a Canadian who just refused the latest booster shot, and certainly not a conspiracy theorist, I beg to differ. 

 

Apparently in my province there is a 1 in 10,000 chance of a heart problem of some sort after receiving a Covid booster shot.

 

In my city of 400,000 people, that makes 40 people who might experience a problem.  I don't fancy being one of those 40 people.

 

Link?

[blazes]

16 minutes ago, Roo Island said:

Link?

 

 

https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/news/coronavirus-and-your-health/coronavirus-vaccine-your-questions-answered/myocarditis-and-covid-19-vaccines-should-you-be-worried
 

[hoopmonk]

36 minutes ago, Marco100 said:

If I wouldn't get signs from a friend of mine within next day , anywhere in the world ,  I would immediately take action n check his whereabouts ! I don't know know the circumstances n all but if by chance this friends where traveling togheter why only look up for him after 4-5 days ? 

 

 

It is possible that he was an expat and not a tourist traveling with friends.  Five days could be a long time in certain scenarios, but without a timeline of the details and no real understanding of how close the friendships were between those involved, there is no telling at this point.  RIP Mr. 45 year-old Canadian man.